Elastic cushion for cutter-bars



(No Model.) C. MEGILL.

ELASTIG CUSHION PoR GUTTER BARS.

No. z6oo4o. mm1-,saune 27, 188.2.v

UNITED STATES PATENTA OFFICE.

SEBRING C. MEGILL, OF CHICAGO, ILLIVNOIS.

ELASTIO CUSHION FOR CUTTER-BARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 260,040, dated June 27, 1882.

Application tiled October 7, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: 4

Be it known that I, SEBRING C. MEGILL, of the city of Chicago, in the county ot' Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Elastic Cushions for Cutter-Bars for Harvesters and Mowing-Machines, Which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a mowingf machine with my improved elastic cushion attached. Fig. 2 isa det-ail view, on an enlarged scale, of my improved elastic cushion.

The object of my invention is to provide llarvesters and mowing-machines with means for preventing jarring or concussion by the reciprocating movement of the pitman and Cutterbar; and it consists in applying an elastic cushion to the cutter-bar, as hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

ais the coupling-arm of a mowing-machine, to which arm the finger-bar p is hinged. f is the cutter-bar, reciprocated by means of the usual crankwhecl through the pitman g. The rod c is pivoted to the cutter-bar at or near the point at which the pitman is pivoted to the same, so as not to interfere with the raising and lowering of the cutting apparatus. This rod passes through the bracket c, which is secured to the coupling-arm n or to any convenient part of the frame.

The elastic cushion a surrounds the rod c,

What I clailn'as new, and desire to secure 1. In a mowing-machine, the elastic cushion A, in combination with the cutter-bar f, rod c, iianged collars d d, and bracket e., constructed and arranged to operate substantially as and for the purpose set i'orth.

v2. The coupling-arm, finger-bar, cutter-bar,

pitman, and crank, in combination with the rod c, flanged collars d d, bracket c, aud'elastic cushion A', substantially as and for the purpose described.

SEBRING C. MEGILL.

Witnesses:

- A. B. BALDWIN,

Crus. J. HANNELLY. 

